Firearms among items stolen from Pompano home

The Broward Sheriff's Office on Friday released surveillance images of a burglar who broke into a Pompano Beach home and got away with two firearms, a flatscreen television and silver coins.

The incident happened shortly after midnight Feb. 25 at a home in the 3100 block of Northwest First Avenue.

The intruder got in by smashing a rear bathroom window, the Sheriff's Office said.

Grainy surveillance video shows him partially concealing his face while wearing a cap and gloves.

Authorities are highlighting the incident partly to remind people to store firearms properly or to safely get rid of them. The reminder comes as they plan a gun buyback event in Pompano Beach. The buyback is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon April 6 at E. Pat Larkins Community Center, 520 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd.

The Sheriff's Office asks anyone with information about the burglary to contact sheriff's Detective Scott Schaefer at 954-786-4371 or Broward Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at 954-493-8477.